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J. A. HERMAN.

DRESS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 17. 1912.

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JACOB AARON HERMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DRESS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 25 v1913.

Application filed May 17, 1912. Serial No. 697,962.

To all whom 66 may concern:

Be it known that I, JAooB AARON HERMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dresses, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to what is known as a princess dress, in which the waist and skirt portions are made in one piece, and the object of my invention is a construction in which the waist line can be adjusted to fit the wearer without adjusting any other portion of the dress.

The accompanying drawings will serve to illustrate my invention, in which Figure 1 is a rear elevation showing the dress adjusted to a wearer having a small waist; Fig. 2 is a similar View, showing the dress adjusted to a wearer having a large waist, with the back placket flap let down. Fig. 3 is a similar view, with the back placket flap in position. Fig. 4 is a transverse section taken on the line XX of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a transverse section taken on the line X-X of Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a front elevation of the fastening braid.

In the drawings, the front of the dress 5 is indicated by a single line, which is connected to the sides of the dress 6. The shape of the front and sides of the dress may be as is usual. Connected to the sides at the back, are back portions 7, which are substantially straight along the meeting edge 8 to the waist line, and then curved outwardly and downwardly as shown at 9,toward the side portions 6. Arranged to overlie the opening indicated at 10, is a back placket flap 11, which forms the top of the back of the skirt below the waist line. Arranged at the waist line starting from the sides and carried inward, is a woven braid 12, having openings 13 therein. The meeting edge 8 of the parts 7, is provided at the top and bottom with fastening devices let and 15, which may be hooks. dress is put on, the fastening device 14 at the top is secured. The fastening device 15 at the waist line is then carried along the line of the braid until the dress fits snugly at the waist, and is then secured to the braid. If the waist of the wearer is small, the fastening device is carried to the position substantially as shown in Fig. 1; if large, to the position shown in Fig. 2, and then secured, after which the back placket flap When the of the dress below 11 is turned upward and secured in the braid 12 by means of the hooks 16.

17 indicates in dotted lines, a belt which may be applied at the waist line, secured in front or back.

claim:

1. A dress comprising a front portion, slde portions, duplicateback portionssubstantially straight along the meeting edges from the neck outwardly and downwardly from the waist line toward the side portions, a back placket flap portion adapted to cover the opening in the backof the skirt portion of the dress below the waist line, and means for adjusting the back portions as regards each other along the waist line so that the size of the waist of the dress shall conform to that of the wearer.

2. A. dress comprising a front portion, side portions, duplicate back portions extending from the shoulder seams to a point below the waist line and substantially straight along the meeting edges from the neck to the waist line, and curved outwardly and downwardly from the waist line toward the side portions, a back placket flap portion formed integrally with the back breadth of the dress and adapted to cover the opening in the back of the skirt portion of the dress below the waist line, and means for adjusting the back portions as regards each other along the waist line and for securing the back placket flap at the waist line so that the size of the waist of the dress shall conform to that of the wearer.

3. A dress comprising a front portion and side portions continuous from the shoulder seams to the bottom of the dress, duplicate back portions continuous from the shoulder seams to a point below the waist line, said back portions substantially straight along the meeting edges from the neck to the waist line, and curved outwardly and downwardly from the waist line toward the side portions, a back placket flap portion adapted to cover the opening in the back of the skirt portion the waist line, a braid provided with openings located at the waist line, a hook at the lower edge of one of the back portions at the waist line adapted to co operate with said braid, and'hooks on the upperedge of the back placket flap portion adapted to cooperate with said braid, whereby the size of the waist of the dress may Having thus described my invention, I

to the waist line, and curved be adapted to the size of the waist of the wearer,

.4. A slngle piece dress'ad ustab1e to va- .rious sizes of the wearer at the waist line,

1 back of the neck to the waist line at the back toQbe overlapped if" required to conform to the size of the waist of the wearer and curved outwardly and downwardly from the waist line, toward the side portions, 21. back placket flap portion adapted to cover the iopen lng at' the back of the skirt portion, a-

braidhavingspacedopenings located at the:

' waist line, and means connected to one of the flap portion, said-means adapted to coact with the braid to adjust the size of the waist of the dress to the size of the waist of the wearer 5. A so-called princess dress, comprising anintegral front portion, integral side por-' tions, a back panel, consisting of two pieces continuousjf-rom' the neck to: a pointbelow' the waist line; said pieces substantially straight along their meeting edges to the waist line, and curved outwardly and downwardly from the waist line to the side port-ions, a back panel continuous from the waist line to the bottom of the skirt, said back panel formed as a placket flap at-its upper portion but secured at its outer edges to the slde portions from a point at the bottom of the flap to the bottom of the skirt, a perforated braid located at the waist line, means secured to one of the back portions. and means secured to the flap portion adapted to cooperate with said braid, whereby the size of the waist line of the dress may be adjusted to the size of the waist of the wearer.

6. In combination with a dress, a woven braid located at the waist line, together with means secured to the dress and adapted to cooperate with the braid to adjust the size of the waist line of the dress to the size of the waist of the wearer. back portions andmeansvconnected to the 7 In combination with a dress, a woven braid located at the waist line, consisting of spaced longitudinal members and spaced vertical members, together with means secured to the dress and adapted to cooperate with the braid to adjust the size of the waist line of the dress to the size of the waist of the wearer.

In testimony whereof, I ailix my signature, in the presence of two wltnesses.

JACOB" AARON HERMAN.

Witnesses ELI WErLL, HERMAN E. KESSLER.

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